Attention Bachelor Nation — Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are officially over the narrative that they are being pitted against each other as the joint leads of The Bachelorette.“If people are talking about pitting us against each other, it never came from the inside.
Gabby and I never felt like having our boys in two separate parts of the boat pitted us against each other. We always had open communication.
We always put each other first,” Rachel, 26, told Us Weekly exclusively on Tuesday, August 2. “So as far as what anyone thinks about it being a competition, it’s really coming from them and not us.”Season 19 of the ABC series kicked off last month with the flight instructor and Gabby, 31, handing out joint roses.
During the July 25 episode, Rachel and the ICU nurse picked the suitors they wanted to individually pursue — meaning that if a man accepted their rose, they were officially on “Team Gabby” or “Team Rachel.”The following week, Rachel broke down while watching Gabby’s group date after her men, who were invited to watch, didn’t pay her any attention.“I think what people don’t necessarily see is this is really just a small highlight reel of an actual event.
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